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Keep on keeping onwith a smarter battery

Doze on the Go

Doze now helps save battery power even when you're on the move. So your device will still go into low power usage while you carry it in your pocket or purse.

Stay in the moment

Android Nougat makes it easier to take action in the moment, with more personalized settings and smarter notifications.

Custom Quick Settings

Rearrange your Quick Setting tiles so you can get to what you want faster.

Notification Direct Reply

Mini conversations within your notifications let you reply on the fly – without opening any app.

Bundled Notifications

See what's new at a glance with bundled notifications from apps. Simply tap to expand and view more info without having to open the app.

More ways to make Android yours

Android Nougat opens up more ways for you to personalize your Android device. Decide how your data is used, the way you’re notified, and what your display looks like.

Data Saver

Limit how much data your device uses with Data Saver. When Data Saver is turned on, apps in the background won't be able to access cell data.

Notification Controls

When a notification pops up, just press and hold to toggle the settings. For instance, you can silence future alerts from an app in the notification itself.

Display Size

Not only can you change the size of the text on your device, but the size of the icons and the experience itself.

Security is at the heartof all we do

Your safety and privacy are important. As always, Android is built with powerful layers of security and encryption to keep your private data private. With Android Nougat, we’ve also added new features.

Seamless Updates

On select new devices, software updates download in the background, so you won't have to wait while your device syncs with the latest security tools.

File-based Encryption

By encrypting at the file level, Android can better isolate and protect files for individual users on your device.

Direct Boot

Starting your device is faster and apps run securely even before you enter your password.

Customizable Quick Settings: Rearrange your Quick Setting tiles so you can get to what you want faster.

Quick Settings bar: Quick Settings has been redesigned so you can get faster access to top Quick Settings tiles directly in the notification shade.

Improved Settings navigation: Find the right setting faster with an updated navigation menu in Settings.

Settings suggestions: Within Settings, get suggestions for how to get even more out of your device.

'Clear all' in Overview: Instantly close all of your apps running in the background by tapping 'clear all' in Overview.

Emergency information: Emergency Information lets you add information such as name, blood type, allergies, and an emergency contact so that emergency responders can view this information through your device's lock screen.

Lockscreen wallpaper: You can now have different wallpapers on your device's homescreen and lockscreen.

Direct boot: When restarting your device, Direct Boot helps it start up faster, and ensures that important communications still run. So before you even put in your password, you'll still get that important text message and hear your alarm clock ring.

Seamless software updates: On select, new devices running Android Nougat, OS updates can download in the background, so you can go on with your day while your device syncs with the latest OS.

File-based encryption: Building on top of our security platform, Android Nougat introduces file-based encryption. By encrypting at the file level instead of the block level, Android can better isolate and protect files for individual users on your device.

Scoped folder access: Apps can request access to specific folders that you can allow or deny access to (just like app runtime permissions). This is a reduced-scope version of the Storage permission for Apps that only need access to certain folders. It can also allow Apps to request direct access to removable media (on devices with that hardware).

Trusted face: Trusted face, a part of Smart Lock, makes unlocking even easier thanks to a new face recognizer. The new recognizer is less sensitive to conditions like lighting, facial decorations (eyewear, facial hair, etc.), and how you hold your phone. Available on select devices.

Multi-locale support: Select multiple locales in Settings to tailor experiences for you, such as showing search results in multiple languages and not offering to translate webpages in a language you already know.

New languages supported: Coupled with allowing you to select multiple languages preferences, Android Nougat allows you to select from 100 new languages and 25 locales for commonly used languages such as English, Spanish, French, and Arabic. This enables Apps to better support and understanding your language preferences even if your devices lacks official support for it.

New language preferences: Sort your language preferences so that apps can pick the right keyboard & text for you.

Accessibility settings in setup: It’s easier than ever before for you to discover and configure accessibility features on your new device. Set magnification gesture, font size, display size, and TalkBack right out of the box.

Display size: Not only can you change the size of the text on your device, but the size of all the display elements like icons and images.

Accessibility mono output: Accessibility mono output assists users with hearing loss in one ear by combining stereo left and right channel output to a single mono stream.